For this time’s activity example of Daijob.com, we have visited TechnoPro Design Company, a service under TechnoPro Inc, which provides service for over 800 companies in Japan. To expand their business more, they are currently recruiting a high amount of engineering specialists. In 2015, they have become highly active for the recruitment of Non-Japanese, due to the lacking number of three-dimensional engineers in Japan. They have started to use the service from Daijob as they created their new department of global recruitment.

Mr. Shinohara　「There are many cases of hiring IT specialists from overseas. However, recruiting an engineer that is able to operate CATIA from overseas is a very rare case, have you always been recruiting Non-Japanese talents?」

Mr. Sato　「No, we have not hired any Non-Japanese until now. When we became listed on to the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2014, our biggest challenge to expand business was obtaining engineers. Especially CATIA operators are very hard to obtain in the Japanese market, so we have made the decision to hire Non-Japanese.」

Mr. Shinohara　「I personally think it is a very challenging task to hire engineers from overseas. 」

Mr. Sato　「Currently, the hiring process is going very well, however compared to this year, next year and the after will be harder. We would like to use this year to prepare and increase the employment from overseas. 」

Mr. Shinohara　「What is your technique to hire Non-Japanese workers?」

Mr. Sato　「Our main target is China, Philippines, and India; we are using a recruiting company in each country to find our candidates. In order to hire the right candidate efficiently, we choose the most reliable recruitment company and do business with them.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Is there a reason why China, Philippines, and India is your main target?」

Mr. Sato　「Regarding China, our group company is located there. Since the same business is being done there as well, if our employee returns to China, they are able to work in the China branch. For the Philippines and India, there are many English speakers.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Is the English ability focused as well?」

Mr. Sato　「In our current state, Japanese will be the main focus, for those that are able to use English, there will be more opportunities.」

Mr. Shinohara　「When hiring Non-Japanese talents, what is the level of Japanese needed?」

Mr. Sato　「There are cases where N3 or N2 Japanese level holders get hired. If their engineering ability is high, we do not require a high Japanese level.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Are there training for the employees to learn Japanese?」

Mr. Sato　「We require our employees to study and live in a Japanese school in the Aichi prefecture for about a month or two. Especially, for the ones that have never lived in Japan we have them study the manners and social customs of Japan.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Is Japanese level important to accomplish the tasks assigned?」

Mr. Sato　「In reality, we do have engineers that only use English to complete their tasks. However, for everything else, Japanese is needed in our workplace. Also, we think Japan is not developed enough to survive just using English. Therefore, it may become stressful for our workers unless they understand some Japanese to help them survive. As of right now, we try not to hire those that have no Japanese level.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Are there some cultural differences by having people with different backgrounds?」

Mr. Sato　「In our company we have them match the Japanese culture. Before entering our company, we explain what can and cannot be done, after understanding we have them join us.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Well to be honest, I am very surprised because I was not very aware of three-dimensional engineers getting hired through Daijob.com every month.」

Mr. Sato　「At first I was in debate, however, a sales representative of Daijob.com has recommended me to use the site. Also numbers of talents hoping for a career-change that meets our requirements and the ups and downs were explained very clearly so I have decided to use this service.」

Mr. Shinohara　「I heard at first it was tough to employ through Daijob.com」

Mr. Sato　「We decided to publish a job post on to your website due to the registered user elements of Daijob.com matched our needs. However, we did not have many applications that connect to employment and it was frustrating when the applicant did not match with our requirements.」

Mr. Shinohara　「We hear once our technical support representative gave advice to you regarding the job posting content and the scout mail the employment process changed dramatically?」

Mr. Sato　「Yes, it changed dramatically. We have assigned a person in charge of our Daijob account, the Daijob.com technical support representative have given us support. After listening into the many opinions made just for us, we changed our job-posting information and it started to take effect about a week later.」

Mr. Shinohara　「I see! We added technical support to Daijob around July of this year. Until then, we had our sales representative to do the supporting, but we added more members that are specialized in technical support to increase our customer support quality. It is happy to hear that there was an effect doing such addition.」

Mr. Sato　「We have given out unofficial offers to 4 candidates since August; they are from Malaysia, India, Indonesia, and Nepal. Out of the 4, one is in the process of the VISA.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Can we ask you about your future plans of recruiting CATIA specialists?」

Mr. Sato　「In 2018 we would like to hire about 100 specialists. In order to do so, it would be nice to hire about 1.5 or 2 a month through Daijob.com.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Thank you for sharing us your Daijob.com experience. Lastly are there any suggestions for our company’s staff and service?」

Mr. Sato　「Regarding your career fair, we hear that mainly there are Native Japanese bilinguals attending which is why we have not attended. Are there any plans for a career fair that focuses on Non-Japanese engineers?」

Mr. Shinohara　「Well, majority of our clients are in search of Native Japanese that are bilingual and have a career, which is why we mainly focus on them. However, there are many Non-Japanese attending our events through word of mouth, and the booth of a large automobile company has many attendees that are interested. That company in particular is very satisfied because they want workers in their overseas branch as well as the Japanese one. Perhaps we can look into our past data and provide you the element of our attendees, and see if that can be a benefit for your company」

Mr. Sato　「Yes, please! Also, I have not greeted the lady of the technical support yet. Whenever she visits our company, I will greet her for sure.」

Mr. Shinohara　「Thank you very much. She will give her best to understand your company and to show the effect needed. Thank you for your precious time today.」